Corn-rack.



' To all fwwm' it may concern:

JOHN S. WINTON, MILFORD, IOWA.

CORN-RACK.

Specification. of etters Patent. l

Application ined actonel-30, 190s, vserial No. 460,253.

.'Be it known that I, JOHN S, WIN'roN, a s

' citizen of the'United States, and a resident vmy invention each having a roller ('supporting each end,

proved Corn-Rack, of which the following is the period of curing', storing and testing.

of Milford, in the county of Dickinson and 'l State ofl Iowa, have invented a new and Imaf full, clear,'and exact description.

This invention is an improved rackA and belongs to that class of suchdevices in which a number of corn-ear impaling-pins project from a support and sustain the ears in spaced relation and at known-points during The invention consists of a. supporting member and corn-ear impaling pins inclin# ing upwardly and outwardly from'the opposite faces of the member, withone of said pins passing through the member and integral with the pin at the opposite side.

'Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilic'ation, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the v1ews.

Figure 1 is aperspective View of a seed corn rack constructed in accordance with my invention, the same showing a number of ears of corn engaged `on the impaling pins; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section of the rack on an enlargedv scale; and Fig. 3 is au fragmentary perspective view of a mo'died form of the rack.

In producino` arack in accordance with I make use of base blocks 5,

and carrying a standard 7. The standards 7 rest or seat on the base lblocks and are reinforced therewith by struts 8 which are ar# ranged at both sides. The standards 7 are rigidly connectedtogether by a board 49 arranged therebetween, and also by a top rail l0, the rigidity and strength of the struc-v ture being further augmented by braces 9B, respeetivel y attached to the ends 4.of the base blocks and to the board near theV ottom edge thereof. The. board 9 is provided with a series of corn-ear unpallng pms 11, each. projccting outwardly and inelinin upwardly from both faces of the board. he pins are preferably constructed of a piece of wire two pins projecting from opposite sides of the board, as shown i Fig. 3. The longer pm of the wire is driven or otherwise assed Patented Dec. 7, 1909i i 50 having a substantially right-angular bend at one side of its center, each wire affording through the board at an angle suc that both pins will project substantially equal distances from the opposite faces of the board. The pins are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows,each row being provided with a number or other designatlon, wherebythe ear of corn on any pin may be readil located. The construction of the rack a mits of its being easily shifted to a'remo'ved position when not in` use or` after several seed have been selected from each ear for the testing operation, enabling a relative] large number of the racks to be convenient y kept Y in small quarters.

In Fig. 3 I have shownv a modification of structed of a 'flat single piece, is mad=e of a number of separate slats, each of which is provided with a row of pins arranged in the direct-ion of its length. The word board of 'composite construction.

yHaving thus described my invention, I-'

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination of a supporting member,- and corn ear lmpaling pins lncllnmg up' wardly and outwardly from the opposite faces of said member, with one of said plns passin vthrough the member and integral z with t e pin at the opposite side.

In testimony whereof I have signed my the board 9, which, instead of beine 'conin the s ecification is used inv its broader.. L

sense an may be .of woodl or other material name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. -V JOHN S. WINTON.

Witnesses V. D. FLEMMING, P. O.,BJonENsoN. 

